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With tours as short as a weekend to as long as 45 days, there is something for everyone. They offer budget to luxury, priding themselves in offering eight different travel styles. And with 53 years of tours under their belt, they know a thing or two about doing it right.

My short take Contiki tour reviews? All of these tours are awesome and I would recommend them to anyone travelling solo or who wants to see as much as possible in a short amount of time. Expect for Oktoberfest, that was a completely different type of trip and it was too, totally awesome with excursions and transfers and Oktoberfest tables organized for you. And for the long answer…read through these highlights and not so great things about Contiki tours to help you make a more informed decision.

Little did I know before leaving for the trip that Contiki tours are insanely popular in Australia and widely known across the country. When I mentioned Contiki tours to people back home in Canada, not many knew what I was talking about.

That age is a party age. Like drinking almost every night. Travel friendship bonds you in a way like no other. The guides are so much more than a guide. Shit happens, people get jealous, this is nothing new, but something that can be expected. Luckily this never happened on my trip! Though my big tour was 30 girls and 4 boys, two of which were gay, one found out his girlfriend at home was pregnant while on the trip and the last ended up marrying one of the girls he met on the trip!

And then it spreads. With the lack of sleep and busy schedule you know one person will get sick and share their gems amongst everyone. Most common is the Contiki cough, or a cold, or both.

Tours in general are known for being quite quick and the Contiki tours are no different. I took a slower pace tour and found myself jumping from city to city in the blink of an eye. You can spend anywhere from nights in each city, which some people think is too little. A good example would be in China. They could have taken us to the main tourist spot at the Great Wall, but instead they took us to a lesser known spot. We saw a different side of the Wall than most other tourists would and we took a toboggan to get to the bottom!

Hardly anyone knows you can even do that! They take you to the more special places; we even experienced some local markets in the area too. In Vietnam or was it Thailand — maybe both! First you visit a local market and shop for the local ingredients then you go back and cook it up. Pretty cool. The goal is to at least get to But hopefully I can hit 35, before 35!

So I went back to Australia and did that. On my first Contiki, I met a guy from America, and we both loved the trip so much, we said we wanted to one day become guides. Then, the last time I came to Canada for a trip the Canada Rockies Tour , I was in the hotel foyer checking in and I recognised the guy in front of me, and I said something to him, and he recognised me too. We remembered each other from our very first tour together and the goal we both had, and he had actually become a Contiki tour guide!

He was my tour guide for that tour. Yes, definitely. To help give a better perspective from a travellers point of view. I really like the travel industry. Yeah definitely. I was completely paralysed and stuck in a wheelchair for a while, but now I can walk again. I just want to experience everything in life, and hopefully one day, reach my ultimate goal: to travel to space!

Yes and no. Unfortunately, the cancer I had and the subsequent chemotherapy really messed with my taste buds. Dining for me is a bit like going to a casino and playing Russian roulette! I do enjoy tasting the local delicacies though; I had a camel burger at McDonalds in Egypt and alpaca and guinea pig in Peru, and snake, rat tarantula and crickets in Asia — I can recommend crickets, they taste like French fries!

Ed note: tasty crickets are found in Thailand. So I always go for hotels when I can. No, not Iceland or Greenland either. I just love and trust the great brand that is Contiki. I try not to take life too seriously anymore not that I ever did really but I just like to try and make fun in everything.

Ha ha. I mean all I really want is to keep travelling with them even past Just use common sense, be smart about things and be aware of your surroundings. And always try to push for the exit seats so you can spread out a little more. A self-confessed 'food-tourist', I take hunting for the world's greatest sandwich very seriously, my quest has taken me from Berlin to Hoboken.

Stopping off only for vintage shopping, craft beers and Mediterranean sunsets. Travel Blog. Read Time: Stephen and friends on the Big Indochina Tour. Spot Stephen dressed up as a belly dancer on the Nile Tour. Pyramid posing on the Mexico Grande Tour. Group shot from the Wild Western Tour.

Stephen and Contiki friends gearing up for a helicopter ride. Karaoke night out with the Powder Rush tour group. Have you always wanted to be that traveller who can converse effortlessly in the local language? Read Time: 4.